PEOPLE v. SHERIDAN

Docket No. 10143.

236 Cal.App.2d 667 (1965)

46 Cal. Rptr. 295

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES EVANS SHERIDAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

August 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Evans Sheridan, in pro. per., and James S. Fitzpatrick, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and George J. Roth, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


FLEMING, J.

In a nonjury trial Sheridan was convicted of unlawful possession of heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500). A prior conviction for the same offense was charged but no finding made in support of this charge.

At 3:30 in the afternoon Sergeants Walker and Flynn of the narcotics division of the Los Angeles Police Department drove past Sheridan and one Jay Hill, both known narcotic users, seated in a parked car at a street intersection. Hill...

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